A History of Silence : From the Renaissance to the Present Day

Alain Corbin

ISBN 10: 1509517367 / ISBN 13: 9781509517367

Editore: Polity Press Jun 2018, 2018

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Neuware - Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries.It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals - those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in mountains and forests. Yet despite the centrality of silence to some of our most intense experiences, the transformations of the twentieth century have gradually diminished its value. Today, raucous urban spaces and a continual bombardment from different media pressure us into constant activity. We are losing a sense of our inner selves, a process that is changing the very nature of the individual.This book rediscovers the wonder of silence and, with this, a richer experience of life. With his predilection for the elusive, Corbin calls us to listen to another history.

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• Titolo: A History of Silence : From the Renaissance to the Present Day
• Editore: Polity Press Jun 2018
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1509517367
• ISBN 13: 9781509517367
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 216 L x 136 A x 22 P (millimetri) 216 millimetri di larghezza per 136 millimetri di altezza per 22 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 248 grammi

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Riassunto

Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries.

It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals – those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in mountains and forests. Yet despite the centrality of silence to some of our most intense experiences, the transformations of the twentieth century have gradually diminished its value. Today, raucous urban spaces and a continual bombardment from different media pressure us into constant activity. We are losing a sense of our inner selves, a process that is changing the very nature of the individual.

This book rediscovers the wonder of silence and, with this, a richer experience of life. With his predilection for the elusive, Corbin calls us to listen to another history.

Informazioni sull?autore

Alain Corbin is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Paris I, Sorbonne.